Harmonized description and coding system for goods. An international product nomenclature, established under the control of the international Customs Co-operative Council (CCC), intended to form the basis for the classification, coding, and description of goods for customs, transport purposes and statistics throughout the world. The nomenclature comprises headings, subheadings, items and their related codes, notes concerning sections, chapters, and subheadings, and the general rules concerning the conception of the harmonized system.

Abbreviation: HS It is a numeric multi purpose system, the international convention on the HS was established under auspices of the World Customs Organization in 1983, for the classification of goods with its six digits covering about 5000 descriptions of the products or groups of products most commonly produced and traded. It is designed for customs services, but can also be used for statistics, transport purposes, export, import and manufacturing.

A system for classifying goods in international trade under a single commodity code, developed under the control of the Customs Co-operation Council. The full title is Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System. Français: Système harmonisé Español: Sistema Armonizado, Sistema Armonizado de Designación y Codificación de Mercancías (SA)

An international system for classifying goods in international trade and for specifying the tariffs on those goods. It was adopted at the beginning of 1989, replacing the previously used schedules in over 50 countries, including the Brussels Tariff Nomenclature.

The Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (or Harmonized System, HS) is a system for classifying goods in international trade, developed under the auspices of the Customs Cooperation Council (now known as the World Customs Organization).

An international commodity classification system, developed under auspices of Customs Cooperation Council, adopted by the United States in 1989 and increasingly the most widely accepted import/export classification methodology. Replaces SCHEDULE B export codes and TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE U.S. import codes.

A uniform international system used to classify goods moving across borders for tariff and statistical purposes. Developed under the auspices of the Customs Cooperation Council, now known as the World Customs Organization.

A multipurpose international goods classification system designed to be used by manufacturers, transporters, exporters, importers, customs, statisticians, and others in classifying goods moving in international trade under a single commodity code.

The Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System is an international goods classification system developed by the Customs Co-operation Council (now the World Customs Organization) and used by Canada to classify imported and exported goods.

Abbreviation: HS. Numeric multipurpose system, developed by the Customs Cooperation Council, for the classification of goods. With its six digits it covers about 5000 descriptions of the products or groups of products most commonly produced and traded. It is designed for customs services, but can also be used for statistics, transport purposes, export, import and manufacturing.â†’ Brussels Tariff Nomenclature â†’ Commodity

A multipurpose international goods classification system designed to be used by manufacturers, transporters, exporters, importers, customs, statisticians, and others in classifying under a single commodity code goods moving in international trade.

The Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS) of tariff nomenclature is an internationally standardized system of names and numbers for classifying traded products developed and maintained by the World Customs Organization (WCO) (formerly the Customs Co-operation Council), an independent intergovernmental organization with over 160 member countries based in Brussels, Belgium.